Felted fabrics



T. OGLE.

FIBROUS MATERIALS.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 5.1918.

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Patented Aug. 5, 1919.

T. OGLE.

MACHINE FOR DRYING HANKS 0R WARPS 0F YARN, WOVEN 0R FELTED FABRiQS, LEATHER, AND

FIBROUS MATERIALS.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 5. 1918.

3 SHEETS5HEET 2.

Patented Aug. 5, l.) 19.

T. UGLE.

MACHINE FOR DRYING HANKS OH WARPS 0F YARN, WOVEN OR FELTED FABRICS, LEATHER,AND

FIBROUS MATERIALS.

APPLICATION FILED 0CT.5. 1918.

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chains 1 THOMAS OGLE, 0F BRAMLEY, NEARLE EDS, ENGLAND;

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AND MATERIALS.

Application filed October 5,1918: Serial r assess.

To all cvhom itmay concern I g I Be it known that I, THOMAS OGLE, sub

ject of the King of can Britain, residing at.Nunroyd, Stanningley RoadhBramley,

near Leeds, in the countyof York, England, have invented certain new and'useful Improvements in Machines for Drying- Hanks 'or Warps of Yarn, Woven or Felted Fabrics, Leather, and-Fibrous Materials, and i of which the followingis a specification; This invention relates to machines for drying hanks or' warps, of'yarn, woven or "felted fabrics, leather and fibrous materials,

Wot-the 'kind wherein theymoist "goods are contiguous to the said :drying chamber and v which also contain heaters for 25, 'ber either in an upwardly or downwardly automatically" conducted through a longitudinal drying chamber by means of travel 'ingchains, and'in which air is circulated (goods during their passage j among the. through the v rying I fans contained Within side compartments air thus circulated.

Hitherto in these machines, the air-has been made to circulate in the drying c'ham-i direction or both, necessitating in some instances the drying chamber to be constructed with a perforated floor and ceiling coma municating with air spaces above and be low the said drying chamber leading into the side compartments containing the circulating fans and heaters.

This vertical circulation of the air however is not entirely satisfactory in practice, particularly in the case where the goods to; be dried are in the form of hanks, owing to the fact that the air by its upward or downward travel: is only brought into contact with the exterior surfaces of the goods; and the objectof this present invention is to so improve the construction of these ma chines as to cause the heated air to .be-

brought into much more intimate contact with the goods during their passage through '.the drying chamber than that obtaining- 1n previous constructions, thus. greatly facilitat-ing the drying operation.

- or other slots or openings constituting pas- Accordlng to my lnvention, the two side walls or artitions of the longitudinal drying ch-am er are each formed wlth ventlc'al sage ways between the said dryingchamber and its two contiguous side compartments containing the circulating fans and heaters,

warming the i Patented Aug, 5,1919.

the 'said -slots openings being arranged.

'in groups comp'rising top and bottoin sets alternately.- The-bottom sets'of openings extend from the floor upward through wh chfthe molst air is drawn from the drymg chamber by the fan or .fans' while the top sets of 'openings extend from the ceiling downward through which the same air. after passing over the heaters is blown by.-

the fan or fans into the drying chamber, or

vice versayand the bottom sets of openings 7 thenfan or fans being set in motion, the air 1 in "one s dewall 'orpartition are situated dii rectlyopposite the top sets of openings in the other side wall orpartition, sothat, on

iscaused' to f'circulate across the drying By causing the air to beicirculated'diag onally across the drying chamber, the said alris brought lnto much more intimateconstact with the goods than heretofore; while in the wh re the, goods to be dried are 7' inthe form of hanks, this diagonal travel has the eifectof causing theair to impinge on the interior surfaces of the said hanks equally 'with that on their exterior suroperation.

' In order that my invention may beclearly ings; wherein elevation taken on lineAlB, Fig. 2.

'faces, thus greatly facilitating the drying 1 struction shown in-the aecompanying draw- 'Figfl-Z is a sectional plan taken on line 'O.D," Fig.' 1,and Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional elevation taken on line; E-yF,

Referring to the drawings,;'the machine 5 consists of' alo'ngitudinal dryingchamber 1 which is open at one end 2 'forthe admission of fresh; air'and having its other end 3 closed 'and fitted with; an exhaust fan 4, the said drying chamber beingfurther provided with endless'traveling chains 5 for carrying the hanks 6 (Fig. 3) and having contiguous'side compartments 7 fitted with fans 8 and heating surfaces 9; all of which are more or less or known construction.

According to my invention, the side walls orpartitions'10, 11 of the lon 'tudinal drying chamber '1 are each forme with a series of vertical slots or openings comprising top "and bottom sets 12, 13 and arranged alter nately andwhich constitute passage ways between the said drying chamber 1 and the side compartments 7 containing the famed and heaters 9. The bottom sets of openings 13 extend from the floor 14 upward while the top sets of openings 12 extend from the ceiling 15 downward, and the bottom sets of openings 13 in the said wall or partitiorilO tion 11; so that, on the fans 8 being set in motion, the moist air is d awn from the dry- 1 operation is greatly-facilitate In the operation of the 'hereinbejore -de-l scribed apparatus, the rods indicated at a",- carry ,the wet hanks 6 shown in Fig. 3.

are situated directly opposite the top sets of openings 12 in "the other side wall or parti- 1 by way of the bottom sets of openings 13 as indicated by arrows at Fi 2, thus obtaining alternate-right and"eft hand upward currents of air across thefdrying chamher 1' in the manner indicated by arrows at Fig. 3. In this way, the circulated air is caused to pass diagonally through interior of the hanks 6 as well as dia onally across their exterior surfaces, where ay-th'e drying These hanks 6 are. passed into a magazine a v as indicated in Fig. 1, where thedy are picked up one at a time by a roller and transhanks-are carried along this lower. rail -e by 40 by an auxiliary endless chain 7 and passed the endless traveling chains 5 in the direc-' tion indicated by the arrows to the opposite on to an upper" rail g along which theyare then carried by the endless travelingchains 5 in the direction shown'by the arrows and thus returned to the front end of' the machinewhere they are removed at h in the,

dried condition a What I claim as my invent1on and desire to secure by Letters Patent is':-+-

' tudinal drying chamber fitted with traveling" 1. In a machine for drying hanks or warps of yarn, woven or felted fabrics-leather and fibrous materials, the combination ofa longi chains for conducting the-'moist goods through said'drying chamber, side compart ments contiguous to saiddrying chamber, fans for circulating air among thegoods during. their passage through'said drying chamber, and heaters for warming the air circulated by said fans, there bein ,slots or openings so located in the. side wal s or par- 12 into the side compartments 7e titions of said drying chamber leading into said side compartments as to cause the air set inmotion by said fans .to circulate across saiddrying chamber in a diagonal direction, either upward or downward or both.

' 2. In a machine for drying hanks or warps 'of yarn, woven or felted fabrics,.

leather and fibrous materials, the combination of a longitudinal drying chamber fitted with traveling chains for conducting the moist goods through said drying chamber,,

side compartments contiguous to said drying chamber, fans in said side compartments for circulating air among the goods during-- directions. a 7 I -3. In a.,,machine for drying hanks or warps of yarn, woven or .felted fabrics,

leather and fibrous materials, the combina tion of a longitudinal drying chamber fitted with travelingichains for conducting the ,.moist goods through said drying chamber, ferred thereby on to a lower rail e. The wet v side compartments conti uous to said drying chamber, fans in said ski compartments for circulating air. among the goods during their passage through said drying chamber,

forwarming the air circulatedby said fans, there being slots or openings in the side walls or partitions of the drying chamber leading into said side compartments arranged in groups comprising top and bottom sets alternately and respectively extending from the ceiling downward and from the floor upward with the top sets of openings in one side wall or partition situated directly opand heaters within said side compartments po'site the bottom sets of openings in the other side wall or partition so as to cause the air set in motion by said fans to circulaxte across said site directions. y

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my handin the presence of two witnesses.

A r THOMAS OGLE.

' QWitnesses:

JOHN Jowrrr, I LOUISA C. Jown'rr.

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